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Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Hodder and Stoughton, German boy : a refugee's story, 2002
... German boy : a refugee's story ...In the Third Reich young Wolfgang Samuel and his family are content but alone. The father, a Luftwaffe officer, is away fighting the Allies in the West. In 1945 as Berlin and nearby communities crumble, young Wolfgang, his mother Hedy, and his little sister Ingrid flee the advancing Russian army. They have no inkling of the chaos ahead. The boy and his mother must prevail over hunger and despair, or die." "In Strasburg, a small town north of Berlin where they find refuge, Wolfgang begins to comprehend the evils the Nazi regime has brought to Germany. As the Reich collapses, mother, son, and little sister flee again just ahead of the Russian charge.Ill, p.357.non-fictionIn the Third Reich young Wolfgang Samuel and his family are content but alone. The father, a Luftwaffe officer, is away fighting the Allies in the West. In 1945 as Berlin and nearby communities crumble, young Wolfgang, his mother Hedy, and his little sister Ingrid flee the advancing Russian army. They have no inkling of the chaos ahead. The boy and his mother must prevail over hunger and despair, or die." "In Strasburg, a small town north of Berlin where they find refuge, Wolfgang begins to comprehend the evils the Nazi regime has brought to Germany. As the Reich collapses, mother, son, and little sister flee again just ahead of the Russian charge.world war 1939-1945 - refugees, wolfgang samuel - biography -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, William Heinemann, The Wolf : how one German raider terrorised Australia and the southern oceans in the first world war, 2010
... The Wolf : how one German raider terrorised Australia and ...The true story of an epic voyage of destruction in World War One. July 1917: the First World War is about to enter its fourth horrendous year and ships are mysteriously disappearing off Australia and New Zealand, as a young Australian woman named Mary Cameron sails with her husband and daughter across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Sydney. Less than a thousand miles from Sydney, a black-hulled freighter appears out of the vast blue emptiness, and Mary and her daughter rush to the deck to greet her. Suddenly, two hinged iron sections of the freighter's bulwarks drop down to reveal she is bristling with guns. She is in fact the German warship the Wolf, and the Cameron family are about to find themselves captive on one of the century's most extraordinary wartime sea voyages.Index, bib, ill, maps, p.384.non-fictionThe true story of an epic voyage of destruction in World War One. July 1917: the First World War is about to enter its fourth horrendous year and ships are mysteriously disappearing off Australia and New Zealand, as a young Australian woman named Mary Cameron sails with her husband and daughter across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Sydney. Less than a thousand miles from Sydney, a black-hulled freighter appears out of the vast blue emptiness, and Mary and her daughter rush to the deck to greet her. Suddenly, two hinged iron sections of the freighter's bulwarks drop down to reveal she is bristling with guns. She is in fact the German warship the Wolf, and the Cameron family are about to find themselves captive on one of the century's most extraordinary wartime sea voyages.naval warfare - germany, commerce raiders - germany -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Aurum Press Ltd, The secret listeners : The men and women posted across the world to intercept the secret german codes for Bletchley Park, 2012
... world to intercept the secret german codes for Bletchley Park. ...Before Bletchley Park could break the German war machine's code, its daily military communications had to be monitored and recorded by 'the Listening Service', the wartime department whose bases moved with every theatre of war (Cairo, Malta, Gibraltar, Iraq, Cyprus) as well as having listening stations along the eastern coast of Britain to intercept radio traffic in the European theatre. This is the story of the - usually very young - men and women sent out to farflung outposts to listen in for Bletchley Park, an oral history of exotic locations and ordinary lives turned upside down by a sudden remote posting - the heady nightlife in Cairo, filing cabinets full of snakes in North Africa, and flights out to Delhi by luxurious flying boat.Index, ill, map, p.354.non-fictionBefore Bletchley Park could break the German war machine's code, its daily military communications had to be monitored and recorded by 'the Listening Service', the wartime department whose bases moved with every theatre of war (Cairo, Malta, Gibraltar, Iraq, Cyprus) as well as having listening stations along the eastern coast of Britain to intercept radio traffic in the European theatre. This is the story of the - usually very young - men and women sent out to farflung outposts to listen in for Bletchley Park, an oral history of exotic locations and ordinary lives turned upside down by a sudden remote posting - the heady nightlife in Cairo, filing cabinets full of snakes in North Africa, and flights out to Delhi by luxurious flying boat.world war 1939-1945 - great britain - intelligence, world war 1939-1945 - cryptography -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Booklet (item) - London Magazine Special German Defence Section
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Pamphlet (item) - Scale Silhouettes and Oddentifications, Scale Silhouettes and Oddentifications of well-known British, American and German First-line Aeroplanes
... British, American and German First-line Aeroplanes ... -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Booklet (Item) - "Pocket Notes on Identification of German Units" January 1941 - RAF & F.T.Twomey
... "Pocket Notes on Identification of German Units" January ... -
Bendigo Art Gallery
Painting, Franz Hochmann, A Horse Market in a German Village, 1884
... A Horse Market in a German Village ...Signed and dated, l.r., brown oil "Franz Hochmann. Munchen 84". -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, German Kormoran Survivors
... German Kormoran Survivors ...Survivors of the Kormoran being rescued.Black and white photograph of 4 men on board a ship, in light coloured clothing. Ladder behind the two in the middle. Man on left has a dark jacket in his hand.kormoran, kormoran survivors -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, German Heritage Places in Victoria -Volume 2 Inventory
... German Heritage Places in Victoria -Volume 2 Inventory ...Research project.Clear plastic open fronted folios with printed material, side bound in black plastic.documents, reports -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Yossi Ben - Artzi author, German Templers in Israel
... German Templers in Israel ...Photocopied and donated by Heinz BeilharzPhotocopied extracts from book in plastic envelope.heinz beilharz, germnan templers in israel -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Brochure, German Military Cemeteries - Normandy
... German Military Cemeteries - Normandy ...9 photo copied pages of pictures (coloured) with descriptions and maps to explain.ww2 german cemeteries, normandy, german military, john marshall -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Round ceramic plate, German plate, C.1800 (estimated)
... German plate ...White plate with mauve decorative edge and floral decoration in the middle. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Archive Folder (grey), German Raider HSK Kormoran
... German Raider HSK Kormoran ...Information on HSK Kormoran and crewGrey archival folder containing photographs and documents in regard to HSK Kormoran and crew. (scanned) -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio Wartimes Camps, German POW, C.2005
... German POW ...Material from the WW2 prisoner of war Camp 13 at Murchison, official reports, letters and memorabilia. Original material emanating from the time Camp 13 operated as a prisoner of war camp during WW2.Black two ring folder containing printed material, sketches and photos all contained in plastic sleeves. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, German War Cemetery, 21 September 1991
... German War Cemetery ...Photographed at the 50th anniversary of the internment of the Templer people.Colour photograph of Tatura War Cemetery with a white cross in the foreground and the brass name plates of those laid to rest from all over Australia.templer society, templer society reunion, tatura war cemetery, german war cemetery -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, German Internees at Camp 3, 1940 - 1946
... German Internees at Camp 3 ...Teachers and students from Camp 3 school. Left to right: Mrs Wieberle, Mrs Lippmann, Mrs Wurster, Lily Fast, Eva Ruff, Leni Haar, Isolde Pfander, ? Bochrer, Isolde Frank, Elizabeth Vollmer, Emma Baumert, Ilse Fast, Helga Loebert, Liesolotte Steller, Annemarie Trefz, Gerda Kuebler, Gerda Decker, Hilde Kuebler, Irma Decker, Margaret Pfander, Ruth Vollmer, Irene Krockenberger, Gudrun Frank, Mrs Kollat, Wolpurge Wagner, Anni Kuebler, Mrs Ilse Boerner, Dr Reitmeier.Black and white photograph of group of about 40 people. Mostly ladies in front of a hut. Teachers and students.internee children, camp 3, german internees, mrs wieberle, mrs lippmann, mrs wurster, lily fast, eva ruff, leni haar, isolde pfander, bochrer, isolde frank, elizabeth vollmer, emma baumert, ilse fast, helga loebert, liesolotte steller, annemarie trefz, gerda kuebler, gerda decker, hilde kuebler, irma decker, margaret pfander, ruth vollmer, irene krockenberger, gudrun frank, mrs kollat, wolpurge wagner, anni kuebler, mrs ilse boerner, dr reitmeier -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
document, The German Templers in Eretz-Israel
... The German Templers in Eretz-Israel. ...Photocopy of printed article.1 chapter of book in blue A4 folder with 14 photocopied printed material in plastic sleevesreports, documents -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Denen, Die uns Vorangegangen sino, zum Gedenken (German Cemetries Haifa, Jerusalem)
... Denen, Die uns Vorangegangen sino, zum Gedenken (German ...Haifa & Jerusalem CemetriesGreen soft covered bookhaifa, jerusalem, cemetries -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, Camp 1 Tatura. Internees- German & Italian 1941-1946, 1993
... Camp 1 Tatura. Internees- German & Italian 1941-1946 ...Photos of Camp 1 taken during a group tour of the camp site, those at Graytown Cemetery during the dedication of the cemetery following its restoration by Steve Anderson, Army Medic. Other photos taken during visits to Museum.Aqua coloured folder containing photos in plastic sleeves.camp 1, graytown cemetery, italian ossario, photography, photograph, slides, film -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, A German Church in the Garden of God, 2004
... A German Church in the Garden of God ...Published for 150 years of Melbourne Trinity Lutheran Church, 1853-2003, not only as a source of reference and awareness about its own background but also as an incentive and motivation for continued active engagement of a large membershipCharcoal grey to beige at the top, of a hard cardboard cover book. Cover depicts Melbourne 1887 and title in black text. Back cover depicts "The Sower" window donated in 2004. 2 copiesPresented to Tatura & District historical Society In. with the compliments of Trinity Lutheran Church of Melbourne.luthern church, melbourne, mees hd, steiniger d, steiniger h, rechner p, camps, tatura, ww2, lutheran church, books, history, local -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, German POW Records & Recollections
... German POW Records & Recollections. ...Red two ring folder with printed material and photos in plastic sleeves.documents, reports -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Booklet, The Case of the German Templers in Eretz - Israel, 2006
... The Case of the German Templers in Eretz - Israel ...No.1 (November, 2006) TSA Heritage Group intends to publish additional supplements in the Templer Record on subjects of interestBlue soft cover booklet. Black and White photo of Yossi Ben-Artzi on front cover. Text in black. 2 COPIEStemplers, yossi ben-artzi, palestine, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, books, reference -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, Ex German POWs in Australia. Association Newsletters, 1981-1989
... Ex German POWs in Australia. Association Newsletters. ...Newsletters circulated to ex POWsBlack four post folder with roneoed sheets in plastic sleeves.documents, pamphlets -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, Wartime Internment of German Aliens
... Wartime Internment of German Aliens ...Written by Ellie Eggerking, daughter of "Dunera" internee as a research project.Black side bound folder with printed matter in plastic sleeves.documents, reports, dunera -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder, "Enemy Aliens: The Experience of German Internees in Australia during WW2." by Catherine Phillips, University of Bristol U.K
... "Enemy Aliens: The Experience of German Internees in ...Material collected by Bern Brent.Document contained in plastic sleeves in a black binder with "B" on spineww2 camp 2, bern brent, gerd bernstein, enemy aliens -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, Rev. Willi Hertle, German Lutheran Missionary
... Rev. Willi Hertle, German Lutheran Missionary. ...Grey plastic folder containing typed material held in plastic sleeves.documents, biography -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, German Lutheran Missionary Families
... German Lutheran Missionary Families. ...Red open fronted folder containing photos and printed material.documents, reports -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, German Nationals Domiciled in Australia 1939
... German Nationals Domiciled in Australia 1939. ...Various articles donated to Museum by former internees, pow, guard. friends and relativesBlue A4 plastic folio containing printed material, photo, sketches and cards in plastic sleeves.documents, reports -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, German POW in Australia
... German POW in Australia. ...Material collected and photocopied by Gus Pohlig.Black 2 ring folder with photocopied material in plastic sleeves.documents, reports -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, German POW Association. Straszewski Collection.|Kurt Straszewski Collection
... German POW Association. Straszewski Collection.|Kurt ...Material collected by Kurt Straszewski.Black three ring folder containing photos and printed articles in acid free sleeves.camp 13, dhurringile pow camp, photography, photograph, slides, film